Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett

eBook, ePUB

A House in the Sky (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

Beschreibung

"Exquisitely told…A young woman's harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph." The New York Times Book Review Amanda Lindhout's unforgettable hostage memoir recounts her fifteen-month abduction in Somalia and her extraordinary journey toward hope and redemption in this powerful true story of survival, resilience, and forgiveness. As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself visiting its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe. Aspiring to understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each adventure, went on to Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia"the most dangerous place on earth." On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road. Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda survives on memoryevery lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivityand on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark. Vivid and suspenseful, this gripping survival memoir is "a searingly unsentimental account. Ultimately it is compassionfor her naïve younger self, for her kidnappersthat becomes the key to Lindhout's survival" (O, The Oprah Magazine).

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• Text-to-Speech
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Autor

Amanda Lindhout is the founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports development, aid, and education initiatives in Somalia and Kenya. For more information, visit AmandaLindhout.com and GlobalEnrichmentFoundation.com.

Sara Corbett is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. Her work has also appeared in National Geographic; Elle; Outside; O, The Oprah Magazine; Esquire; and Mother Jones.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781451645620
• Artikelnr.: 39405996

Rezensionen

"Exquisitely told...[A House in the Sky] is much more than a gonzo adventure tale gone awry-it's a young woman's harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph....There's no self-pity or grandiosity in these pages. In the cleanest prose, she and Corbett allow events both horrific and absurd...to unfold on their own. Lindhout's resilience transforms the story from a litany of horrors into a humbling encounter with the human spirit." Eliza Griswold The New York Times Book Review